March 30, 2010 - 20:04 AMT
British Parliament not put to vote Armenian Genocide resolution
The Armenian Genocide resolution  was not put to a vote in the House of Lords,  John Torosyan, head of the Armenian community of Cardiff told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

On March 29 the House of Lords held hearings on events between  1915 - 1917 initiated by an independent MP, Baroness Caroline Cox.  During the debate, Lady Cox recalled that the Turkish government still denies the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire and opposed its recognition by the international community.
Speaking on behalf of the government, Baroness Kinnock recalled that the fate of ethnic Armenians and other Christian minorities, including Assyrians living in the Ottoman Empire, was discussed at a cabinet meeting on October 21, 1915. However, she considered as premature the adoption of the resolution.
 
 During the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in London, Minister of Justice Jack Straw promised the Turkish prime minister that the Armenian Genocide resolution will not be put to the vote.

 On March 4 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs approved the Res. 252  on the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire.

 On March 11 the Parliament of Sweden adopted a similar resolution.